And not collect a government check poor, I mean farm poor, which has all the disadvantages of being poor but with the added benefit of constant backbreaking manual labor for little to no reward.
I was one of the poor kids who worked that carnival. That’s defeatist horseshit, and another great example that just because somebody crafts an analogy it doesn’t mean it makes sense.
Some keep going until they hit the center bullseye, then they give speeches or write blog posts about ‘meritocracy’ and the salutary effects of hard work. If they want to, they can try over and over and over again until they hit something and feel good about themselves. Rags to riches! The American Dream lives on. A very few hit the center bullseye and get a bigger prize. A few hit the target and get a small prize. “Entrepreneurship is like one of those carnival games where you throw darts or something.
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